GA Getting the Boot at North Carolina Airport

Hangars are set to face the wrecking ball in favor of more airline terminal space at Asheville airfield.

Mark Phelps

Wednesday, January 08, 2025 at 04:45 PM ET

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[Credit: Signature Flight Support]

Key Takeaways:

The Asheville Regional Airport Authority (ARAA) is demolishing general aviation (GA) hangars to free up space for expanding commercial aviation operations.
This move is part of a $400 million airport expansion project aimed at increasing the commercial airline terminal from seven to twelve gates.
Future GA hangars will be developed and managed by independent businesses leasing land from the airport, not the airport authority, and the primary FBO, Signature Aviation, indicates the changes will not have detrimental effects.

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The Asheville Regional Airport Authority (ARAA) will demolish GA hangars at the facility (KAVL) to make more room for commercial aviation.

“Yes, we are taking back leased aeronautical land close to the airport terminal from Signature [Aviation], the fixed base operator (FBO) at [KAVL],” ARAA spokesperson Tina Kinsey told Asheville news outlet AVL Watchdog. “Commercial aviation is the key driver of revenue for our airport and is vastly important to our region’s residents and the economic strength of western North Carolina, so we must utilize our aeronautical land closest to the terminal to meet commercial aviation needs, especially as commercial air service capacity continues to expand.”